Police order two hotels to shut down amid drug, prostitution allegations

Two Southside hotels have been ordered to remove all of their occupants by Saturday and no longer rent rooms until a hearing his held over what prosecutors allege are continued legal violations on the sites including drug dealing and prostitution.

Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Nuisance Abatement Unit served temporary restraining orders on Wednesday against the two hotels. Among the violations, an IMPD news release said, are allegations of drug possession, dealing and prostitution at the two hotels. The hotels are Best Inn Midwest at 4505 S. Harding St. and America’s Best Inn at 4585 S. Harding St.

Both hotels were ordered to remove all occupants no later than Saturday at 12 p.m. and to restrain from renting rooms to anyone until a hearing is held.

Prosecutors have a pending nuisance lawsuit against Best Inn Midwest and have filed a contempt motion against America’s Best Inn in conjunction with the temporary restraining order.